Premature Newborn Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
Data notes for Pennsylvania
- The lowest published charge ($3,656 at Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $3,656Cash pay $2,559 - 2
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $4,798Cash pay $1,919 - 3
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $4,798Cash pay $1,919 - 4
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $4,798Cash pay $1,919 - 5
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $4,798Cash pay $1,919 - 6
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $8,407Cash pay $6,725 - 7
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $8,407Cash pay $6,725 - 8
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $24,724 - 9
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $25,891 - 10
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $38,027Cash pay $17,702 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $56,367Cash pay $34,947 - 18
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 19
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 20
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 21
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 22
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 23
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 24
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 25
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 32
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,925 - 35
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 36
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 44
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 45
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 46
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 47
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 48
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $24,194 - 51Gross charge —
- 52
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,925 - 53
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 54
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 55
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 56
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 57
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 58
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 59
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 60
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 61
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 62
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 63
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 64
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 66
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 69
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 70
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 71
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 72
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 73
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 74
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 75
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 77
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 78
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 79
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 80
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 81
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 82
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 83
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
17 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for premature newborn (DRG 792). Prices range from $3,656 to $56,367 — roughly $52,711 apart. The cheapest is Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care) in Honesdale; the most expensive is Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital in Jersey Shore. The state average sits at $30,757.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Pennsylvania, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Pennsylvania hospitals missing from the list either don't perform premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 792 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.